DESCRIPTIVE TEXT NARRATIVE FOR SMOKE/DUST OBSERVED IN SATELLITE IMAGERY
THROUGH 0120Z April 2, 2023
SMOKE/DUST: Central United States…. Widespread fire activity in Central U.S, most noticeably over Oklahoma and Kansas, produced a mostly thin to localized medium density area of smoke that was seen extending from Nebraska through the Central Plains and into Oklahoma. Medium to thick density smoke was most notably located in eastern Oklahoma, moving southeast while a patch of medium density smoke located in eastern Kansas was seen spreading in all directions. Towards Nebraska, there are subtle signs the smoke mingled with very thin density dust, where dust was seen moving eastward. The smoke was observed previously extending through Ohio Valley and parts of Eastern U.S in the morning analysis, however weather and cloud cover over these regions likely covered and push the smoke further east into the Atlantic Coast. SMOKE/AEROSOL: Gulf Coastal States of the United States, Gulf of Mexico, Western Caribbean Sea, Western Caribbean Islands, Eastern and Southern Mexico, Northwest Central America and the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of Southwest Mexico and Northwestern Central America... A mixture of primarily thin density smoke from seasonal fire activity in Mexico, Central America and the western Caribbean Islands and aerosols from industrial activity also originating from portions of Mexico and Central America was seen extending from the the Gulf Coastal States, the Gulf of Mexico, the western Caribbean Sea, eastern and southern Mexico, northwestern Central America and into the Pacific Ocean south and southwest of southwest Mexico and northwest Central America. Nguyen THIS TEXT PRODUCT IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT AREAS OF SMOKE ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE FIRES AND SMOKE WHICH HAS BECOME DETACHED FROM THE FIRES AND DRIFTED SOME DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE SOURCE FIRE, TYPICALLY OVER THE COURSE OF ONE OR MORE DAYS. AREAS OF BLOWING DUST ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. USERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO VIEW A GRAPHIC DEPICTION OF THESE AND OTHER PLUMES WHICH ARE LESS EXTENSIVE AND STILL ATTACHED TO THE SOURCE FIRE IN VARIOUS GRAPHIC FORMATS ON OUR WEB SITE: JPEG map: https://www.ospo.noaa.gov/data/land/fire/currenthms.jpg Smoke data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Smoke_Polygons Fire data: https://satepsanone.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/FIRE/web/HMS/Fire_Points ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS PRODUCT SHOULD BE SENT TO: SSDFireTeam@noaa.gov